CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEWS RELEASE 2800 BERLIN TURNPIKE P.O. BOX 317546 NEWINGTON CONNECTICUT, 06131-7456

FOR RELEASE: March 23, 2011

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE: (860) 594-3062 FAX: (860) 594-3065 WEB SITE: www.ct.gov/dot

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The Connecticut  Department of Transportation is announcing that beginning on or about Saturday, April 9, 2011, nighttime construction work will begin for the installation of rumble strips on Routes 3,7,8,9,40,I-84,I-91,I-95 and I-395, at various locations statewide.

The Contract was awarded to “Surface Preparation Technologies, Inc.” of Mechanicsburg, PA, on September 22, 2010, at a cost of $424,130.00 and is scheduled to be completed in June 2011.

Motorists can expect lane closures at the allowable hours of work which are as follow:                                           

  Route 3, NB/SB – Wethersfield and Glastonbury

Saturday – Thursday ----------- 7pm to 6am

  Route 7 NB/SB – Danbury –Brookfield- Norwalk

Saturday – Thursday ----------- 7pm to 6am

       Route 8 NB/SB – Naugatuck – Waterbury: Shelton – Seymour; Watertown –    Thomaston

Saturday – Thursday ----------- 7pm to 6am  

       Route 9 NB/SB –Chester – Haddam – Middletown – Cromwell

Saturday – Thursday ----------- 7pm to 6am

        Route 40 NB/SB- North Haven

Saturday – Thursday ----------- 7pm to 6am

        Route 84 EB/WB – Danbury – Newtown; Willington – Union

Saturday – Thursday ----------- 7pm to 6am

        Route 91 NB/SB – Middletown – Cromwell – Rocky Hill; North Haven – Wallingford – Meriden – Middletown

Saturday – Thursday ----------- 7pm to 6am

         Route 95 NB/SB – Westport – Branford; Groton – Stonington

Saturday – Thursday ----------- 7pm to 6am

         Route 395 NB/SB – Norwich

Saturday – Thursday ----------- 7pm to 6am

No work that will interfere with existing traffic will be allowed from 6am Thursday to 12:01 am Monday for Good Friday April 22, 2011 and from 6 am Friday to 12:01 am Tuesday for Memorial Day May 30, 2011.

Motorists are urged to obey the posted speed limits and to use caution through this and all other construction work zones.